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The consolations of philosophy / Alain de Botton

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Penguin, 2001, ©2000Description: 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
ISBN:
  • 9780140276619
Subject(s): Scope and content: The Consolations of Philosophy is Alain de Botton's internationally bestselling guide to life. Alain de Botton, bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety; the fear of failure and the pressure to conform. de Botton has taken philosophy back to its simplest and most important purpose: helping us live our lives". (Independent). The Art of Travel, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work and The Architecture of Happiness. He lives in London and founded The School of Life and Living Architecture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

The Consolations of Philosophy is Alain de Botton's internationally bestselling guide to life. Alain de Botton, bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety; the fear of failure and the pressure to conform. de Botton has taken philosophy back to its simplest and most important purpose: helping us live our lives". (Independent). The Art of Travel, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work and The Architecture of Happiness. He lives in London and founded The School of Life and Living Architecture.

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